Long Cecil (Ordnance)
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- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010001764
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh2010001764#concept
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- found: Work cat.: Peddle, D.E. Long Cecil, 1977:t.p. (gun made during the Siege of Kimberley, 15 October 1899 to 15 February 1900)
- found: Wikipedia, Feb. 1, 2010(Long Cecil was a unique one-off gun, designed by George Labram, a United States citizen, and built in the workshops of the De Beers mining company in Kimberley for use by the British during the Siege of Kimberley in the Second Boer War; The barrel was constructed from a 10 foot (3.0 m) long, 10.5 inches (270 mm) diameter billet of mild steel. 5 The steel billet was originally ordered as a shaft for one of the De Beers workshop machines)
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- 2010-02-01: new
- 2010-03-11: revised
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